Showing posts with label Freddie Mercury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freddie Mercury. Show all posts

Thursday, October 12, 2023

On this day 12 October

 And now's the time, the time is now

1999 12 October Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes -  NY at Roseland Ballroom
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - London, England at Lyceum Ballroom
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Ames, IA at Hilton Coliseum
  • 1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - NY at Roseland Ballroom
  • 2012 Jimmy Page with Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jason Bonham at Celebration Day London premiere 

1969:
Not that numbers matter to anyone who knows and loves Jimmy Page's music but... Led Zeppelin was paid the highest fee for a one night performance in the UK at that time. Freddie Mercury was in the audience. 

1969 Led Zeppelin backstage at London's Lyceum Ballroom (Chris Walsh photo)

1999






2012:
The initial screening of the Celebration Day movie in more than 1,500 theaters in 40 countries, grossed over $2 million US.
2012 Jimmy Page at the Celebration Day movie premiere in London




2012 Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page at the London premiere of the Celebration Day movie



♪  Led Zeppelin (London at Lyceum Ballroom, 12 October 1969) 
♪  Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes (New York NY at Roseland Ballroom, 12 October 1999) 
♫  Jimmy Page interview with Absolut Radio at London premiere of Celebration Day 2012


Monday, October 12, 2015

On This Day 12 October

And now's the time, the time is now
1999 12 October Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes -  NY at Roseland Ballroom
  • 1969 Led Zeppelin - London, England at Lyceum Ballroom
  • 1995 Page & Plant Unledded Tour - Ames, IA at Hilton Coliseum
  • 1999 Jimmy Page with The Black Crowes - NY at Roseland Ballroom
  • 2012 Jimmy Page with Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jason Bonham at Celebration Day London premiere 
Not that numbers matter to anyone who knows and loves Jimmy Page's music but...

1969:
Led Zeppelin was paid the highest fee for a one night performance in the UK at that time. Freddie Mercury was in the audience. 

1969 Led Zeppelin backstage at London's Lyceum Ballroom (Chris Walsh photo)
2012:
The initial screening of the Celebration Day movie in more than 1,500 theaters in 40 countries, grossed over $2 million US.
2012 Jimmy Page at the Celebration Day movie premiere in London

2012 Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page at the London premiere of the Celebration Day movie



♪  Full set (Led Zeppelin, London 1969) YouTube
♪  Thank You (Page & Plant,  Ames IA 1995) YouTube
♪  Oh Well (Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes, rehearsal Roseland Ballroom 1999) YouTube
♪  Full set  (Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes, Roseland Ballroom 1999) YouTube
♪  Ramble On (Led Zeppelin, 1969/2014 remaster) YouTube
♫  Jimmy Page interview with Absolut Radio at London premiere of Celebration Day 2012
Note:  I've got Ramble On on this playlist just because I love it so much. Doesn't really have anything to do with today's On This Day but it rounds out the playlist nicely.